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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

Some of the Republican journals and
party leaders have pretended to he affect
ed with great delight at the clear and un-
equivocal message of President Cleveland
which, they say, by giving conspicuous
prominence to the tariff iseue in the COM
ing Presidential campaign, will help their
cause and give them victory. But it is
evident that their more discriminating
and sagacious leaders do not look upon
the matter in that light ind are not sin
cere in pretending to take that view.
The tariff issue as it now addresses it.
self to the country has all the merits on
one side. 1t is only the few thousand
manufacturing and mining monopolists,
into whose pockets it puts portion OF
the money wrongfully extorted from the
people, whose real interest is subserved
by the protective system. All the Others
who give it their support are deluded by
the sophisms of political demagogues.-
Even the million and half of the employ
ees of the protected Industries, who are
kpretended to be the especial benefciaries
of the system, are deluded into that belief
and support of the system.
Every one who is at all familiar with the
political history of the country knows that
the protection of american labor" did
not enter at all into the original concep
ton of the protective theory. 1t was JUS
J titled by Mr.. Clay. the father of the system
exclusively on the ground of protecting
the s.infant manufacturing industries o
America; and 10y its very theory was on
Ily to be temporary in its operation, and te
cease when the protected industries hae
4 passed that infantile period. Nearly s(
wears before the civil war, Mr.. Clay, b!
: his compromise bill, conceded that the in
, fantile period OF nearly al the protected
industries bad passed and the protectiv
feature was thereby very nearly eliminated
from the tariff laws, which were reduced t
!. the revenue standard aud so remsiue'
D until fhe outbreak OF the civil war.
It was not until after the civil war wa
aver and the people naturally looked 10
eduction of the war tariff to the basl
Of = peace revenue. that demagogues, lik
e Blaine aud others, backed up by the mar
Y uiacturers, seized upon the idea OF pro
- tecting American labor" as aa excuse IL
cotfnuing then imposition of war tar'
upon the people. The fallacy OF this pr
l. position aud the competition which nece
= sarily exists between foreign and Amer
,e can labor in spite of the tariff laws, hay
Il been repeatedly demonstrated. But NJ
lClevelsnd makes clear the utter falsity
this pretense, when in his message
u shows from statistics that all the lahore
le employed in the protected industries
t. men, women aud children do not nur
.r Der quite a million and half: while fit
millions of people are required to pay
tax amounting to several dollars per edpi
&c for the alleged protection" of this suns
e. privileged class.
a. The protective policy. as it now stanc
,- being based entirely upon false pretens
it is easy to see that it will not stand t
test of a leading campaign issue.
u Cls1eland's g,:at message has given
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

Laws grind the poor, and rich men
rule the laws" But let US be thankful
that any poor sufferer can buy with only
25 cents bottle Salvation Oil.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

ences of the papscy ID rr,p ~~.oA.ay Of IN.
world. The car Of Russia. the emperor
OF Germany, the queen of Eng and. tn.
sultan of Turkey, the empress OF China
and the shaw Of Persia have contributed
gifs for the occasion which surpa.s sny oI
those IS Jet given by the Catholic mon
archs or potsntates, while from oil over
the world magnificent gifts are pouring
into the Vatican from the faithful of his
own told. Our own President has not
been remiss. He has sent through the
medium Of tue Baltimore Saai special
correspondent, copy of the United States
Constitution The book is gil, edged
contains fifteen pages, each page eightee n
inches square and is bound with a veliuu
OF q cream color The words The Con-
stitution Of the Uoited States of America -
are on the cover in gilt letters. The book
rests in handsome c1se OF Tyrisn purple
Tho few persons who have seea the presen,
speak very highly of its meri, as speci-
men OF what Americans can da in that
line, but the grea est praise it has created
has been given the Presiten' Tor the sim
plicity of his gilt.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

The enormous sac of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup has developed many new remedies;
but the people cling tn the old reliable,
DR.. Blu Is Cough Syrup.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30
THE NEW YEAR.

Before the TIMES will again greet its
patrons, the old year, bearing with it the
usual diversity of sad aud pleasant mem
ories, will have taken its place as unit
in the ages of the irrevocable, irretrievaole
mast It will live no longer save in mem
ory and will be valuable only for the les
sons taught by its experience.
The term year, in its scientific accepta-
ton, denotes the period during which any
planet of the solar system makes its cir
cult about the sun; in its popular and
familiar import, it represents one OF
those units of ever passing, never ceas-
ing time, one score and ten of which 60
to make up the average duration of mans
temporal life. Just at this season when
passing from one to another of those per-
iods of that time which measures his ex-
istence and reveals its destinies. man real
ICES more C0du cNcE tuoe AAAS
moment and point his space"
Hence it is, perhaps, that men are &C
customed at this season to resolve upon
new rules of conduct and to endeavor to
live in more rational conformity with their
unstable existence and unknown destiny
Although the futility of the resolves on
the part of the fckle and the frivolous
has caused the "New Years resolution" to
become a popular theme for humor and
ridicule; yet it cannot be said that the
custom is not right in theory and in many
cases, salutary in effect The engineer
who goes to survey and explore the un-
known forest. ever turns to his "hind
sight" as means of verifying his ''fore-
sight," the mariner in making voyag'
over strange and unexplored seas, is won
to turn his quadrant often upon the sui
to ascertain how far he may have departed
from the latitude of safety; and so tn
wise man, in the prosecution of the event
full but mysterious voyage ofliie, will eve
seek to profit by experience. and will tur
often to the lessons of the past as guild
for his course upon the unexplored future
It is no doubt one Of the wisest ordina
tions of providence that man in his TEN
poral life should know not of the future
In fact an unrevealed and inscrutable fu
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

jus, before the meeting of Congress it
was satsd that no new States would be
admitted at this session This statement
can now be more confidently repeated. At
four, if not FIVE, new States will be in the
Union hy the beginning of the next presi-
dentral term The republicans are very
anxious and very determined to get in
ore OF the D,kot.s before the. adj journ
ment Of this session, $" as to secure its
certain republican electoral vote. But
while he democrats admit thai if a new
State wishec to come in, complies with all
the conditions and has the requisite pop
they do not mean to have any undue haste
about il. Since tn meeting of Congress
prominent democrats oi ibe two houses
conferred vi b each other and with 8
number Of rhei: republican associates
The programme seems 10 have resolved
itself into something ike this, although
Of course there has been no formal under
starding about it. 1t is thought now
that ensbling acts for North and South
Dakota, Tor Montana, New Mexico and
Washington Territories will be submitted
and that the House will. If the Senate
agrees t" accept them, pass the bills IL
= such shape hat all can lie admitted a
= Aaa> R-s, session of Congress, but neithe
have any cote in the presidential eIec
- TeA 's said will lI.ss V rs t,is a.st 4
''a'sk. be republican, New Mexico and Nc
2 Elr.I - ..-.... 4.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

WOW" ss'e Tue eanAt 4. eAna NJ
pany has 10 the eoarsa If ysars acrsa.
lated water fronts aud other rr.s <ts
property at Georgetow, aud elsewhe 10
the District of Columbia that has am
irInsic value OF itself Of probably si,s't-
600. Then there are annual renials 4
water power and other water rights ox-
ed by The company of $40, 900 10 400.
These values are outside OF the ques,u
whether the canal continues As wat
way. which tie purchase Of ,he reur
bonds would assist in maintaining. 4
baltimore and Ohio Railroad syndice
purchased s2j6 900 Of these repair bors
being q msjoriiy, aud 10 the event G
failure 90 three successive intenst N
ments the holders Of majoriy OF se
bonds can ioreclose and sell the pnpeS
Next July the B < o will pay n,o ,e
State Treasury sS66,0 10 redem,tionf (
compromise bonds that fall due. If ,c
s256 600 Of cana bonds were accepteds a
par payment the railroad company woui
have to pay onIy Sil0 600 in money. Te
treasury will have funds enough TO co..
ple'e the purchase Of the $500, ,00U ofrepr
bonds for the sinking funds. Comptrol,r
Turner places the value Of the canal,t
$4,000, 900, and Treasurer Archer belie,s
il could readily be sold for So, ,0O0, 600
Both ofthese officials are advocates for h
maintenance in any contingency, and ,hir
estimates are made TO demonstrate 10
value of the security in the even, that n.
State takes the $500. 900 of repair bsnes
The cana company has an option on NJ
redemption Of the bonds af er FIVE ye,s
from their date Of issue. President Baush
man announces. that he has mad arrange
ments to pay on January 8 the interest ct
the repair bonds that has been oyerds
since January l. 1887 This will re lev,
the canal from immedis'e trouble from
the creditors who own the mortgage upa,
It's corpus. There is time to silt sll tb,
canal relief propositions
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30
The Pope's Golden Jubilee

The Comm. golden jubilee OF the ordi-
nation Of his Holiness Pope Leo MIL,
which will occur to morrow, December
31st, is an event that has been looked for
ward to with interest by all nations and
peoples OF the world. What the ult'mat'
results Of the celebration, the preparations
for which are being constructed on scale
of msgniicance which bids fair to put al
previous demonstrations the world has
ever seen in the shade, vi be, as eifcctine
the economic aud political re a'ions o.
nations in the failure, remains T. seen
Certain it is, however, ,ha, thy II
considered Of such Importance d
I~~o~anfs Of Ill ole iiited ne.iS5s
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

80 Ws,ch sni Clock Repairing Jew.
cry needing done carefully 81 Mrs A QaenzePs
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

be republican, New Mexico and Montana
arc considered IS equally reliable for the
democrats. and Washington Territory
which is dehstable can be fought for.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30
G.. a. d Canal.

State Treasurer Archer says the b
oi public works wall await the will q
T.ecisl ature before doing anything
Chesapeake and Ohio canal ms,iers.
treasurer can invest 10 State aud
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-12-30

MEMS FINE Dress SUITS =
MESs BUsINss SUITS,
YoUrns' FINE Dress SUITS,
IoUTHs' BUSINESS SUITS,
BOYS FINE Dress -SuITs, :
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03

0kooss 49, 49, $780,
~ ueog1 % 11r. Nh.
Jack Dulin proved up Mt week.
moro "JackA."
LOIS Of breaking to b done around North
Pole this spring, - every one seems dotermin-
ed to do their best to raise crops and II the sea-
con proves favorable We may look for . big
change in the looks Of the country. We hear
that our colby friend Dan Bowers, thinks this
is the best part of the county and is anxious
to trade claims with some one out here.
n
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
GARDEN PLAINS.

ED. CAT:-Not having seen any items in
your paper from Garden Plains. send few.
Farmers are preparing for spring work and
will put out large amount of small grain as
well as corn. J. S. Peck has headed the season
by putting in his oats.
Mr.. Sharer who bought the Nixon claim ba ;
arrived with his goods.
Messrs Calkins, Hadding ard Waite of Erie
county Penn. are expected at Gopher this
week with their families and two car loads of
goods, which indicates they are coming to
stay.
Messrs Lewis s. Bear are not having the best
of luck with their new well auger but are
learning fast. Mr.. Bears well is nearly down.
Frank Macy goes to Oberlin this week to
make final proof, J. J. Baker and G. T. Fry
are his witnesses.
Orr Johnston is back on his claim again.
The demands for claims will soon exhaust
the supply and we will have to ship our friends
on west.
j. Baker and J. II. Gillespie went to
Eustis and Sherman Center last week, spent
two evenings with the county clerk G. W.
Benson. report him the right man in the right
place.
JUNO.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03

Mr.. VIM. Summers every Wednesday night,
we hope they will change it to some other
night if it is agreeable. we would like to at.
tend but it interferes with prayer meeting at
Georgetown.
Owing to the bad weather the writing teach
err has not been able to meet the people ut the
new church. but says, if the public is interest
ed enough to get him twenty names and send
him he will come and teach the school.
We learn from the word of God, Salvation
is free without money and without price. but
we have not head sermon preached for the
last three months but what the pocket book
is required after service. don't know what it
means unless it is to pay the peddlers of the
Gospel.
Mr.. Joe Bannister is expected on his claim
in short time. There will be several more
families in this neighbOrhood this spring.
We expect a wedding soon, good luck to the
man on the hill.
HARD SCRABI.E CRY
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
demonstrating 1t.

On the southwest quarter range three three
OF section two Xxx, tOwnVI,
There is place that Is dear to me,
Where wife neer mourn nor children sigh.
Its walls was shaped by a sculptOrs hand
The granite taken from mother earth.
The place was bought a sum most grand,
The land was inherited by birth.
Around me there's a natural wall
wall that IS both mighty and great;
And who e'er goes to enter will fall
Unless he comes to the Golden Gate"
NY water is all brought from the east
My fuel from neighbOring hill.
And as at my dainty board l feast.
The air with sweet tunes my house pets FIJI
My family is by no means big.
zone is "sweet sixteen" the Others mOre.)
But when e'er seat me in my rig.
They are placed for honors sake before.
live in the fullness of the time.
No man hires me by the day or job:
To take care of my dollars and dime
have hired the firm of Smith 4 Kaub.
Then lets count ourselves rich though we amt
And he happy though others do sigh.
For those that endure all without complaint
My even laugh ut want by and by.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
collage Lake Items.

On Friday the 18th day of February. c. c.
Gurwell was ever to Georgetown, literary and
the exercises was very good. The question
discussed was. resolved, that the soldier has
done more for his country than the statesman
has. He heard one gentleman say that when
all of the old soldiers were all dead and gone,
that the rising generation would look upon
them as a disgrace 10 this cOuntrv, but as the
gentleman said thank God we are not all like
him. We think it would be a good thing if
some one would knock some of the democracy
out of him. We think that ere Missour;an
had better go on some where as he has not
been from Missouri long enough to get natur-
allied. Maybe he will learn after while not to
talk so.
Yours Truly,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
ATToRNEYcEnERAL's REPORT.

Upon the subject of prohibition, Mr.. Brad
ford has the following:
All the assistants appointed by me re-
signed or ceased hostiities after brief ex-
perience. Hon, j. F. Tufts, of Atchisor
county, is the only exception. NOtwithstand-
ing the fact that an attempt was made. by
miserable miScreants and allies OF
the whisky element of the county
to injure his family and property by explod-
ing a keg of powder under portion of his
residene, in the nighttime, and that his own
life and that of his family were constantly in
danger, he proceeded fearlessly and ably, and
closed the last saloon in the city of AtchisOn
to the satisfaction of this Office and the peO-
pie of that city and county. He ought to be
remunerated by the Legislature for his faith
full and efficient service.
The people ought not to be required or ex-
pected to contribute of their private means to
enforce any law. The Legisla ure, after
making law, should provide the means OF
enforcing it.
Since prohibition is a fixed fact, and no
longer regarded as problematical. the means
and IN achinery without stint should be placed
at the command of those who are in charge
with the responsibility of enforcingit.
The saloon is fast disappearing from the
state; practically it Is gone. In the counties
Of Atchison, Doniphin, Ford, Leavenworth.
and wyandotte, where it was thought jurics
could not be obtained. prosecutions have re
suited in acknowledgements being the
last to yield. There is not a county in Kansas
in which a fair court and a fair jury can not
be obtained; and there is not a county in the
State where the law cannot be enforced to the
satisfaction of the whole People. with the aid
of few amendments giving additional power
to the officers charged with its enforcement.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03

ED. CAr,-As an item of the Temperance
news-news in which many of your readers
are interested. enclose you a clipping below
taken from the fifth biennial report of our
Attorney General. This Official statement
from an ofsce, who is emminently qualified to
testify and at the same time is thoroughly
honest and sincere in his statements we hope
will persuade the doubling Thomases of the
complete success of the prohibition in Kans,
The tens of thousands of citizens of our COM
monwealth who were once sufferer from the
traffic in intOxicants are willing witnesses to
the truthfulness of the Attorney Generals
statements. In Atchison county the county
in which the saloon has gone. 1t
has ceased to be a factor in either the social
or political world. tits simply amusing to wotch
the old red nOsed ward hummer politicians en-
deavoring 10 adjust himself to the new order
of things His occupation is gone that is to
say his farmer business. he now improves the
sunny moments in some new retreat heaping
imprecatiOns and maledictiOns on the head of
Hon. ]. F Tufts the fearless and tireless Jas
sistant Attorney General of AtchisOn county.
We may add that the measures to control
the sale of alcohol by the drug stores now be-
fore the legislature together with the sugges-
lions made made below if carried Oat as they
certainly will be will practically drive intem-
perance from our state.
+. NJ. STEWART.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
North Pole.

our quiet bachelor town was somewhat
startled with the news that greeted us on last
Sunday that we would loose one of our batch
lers. Willard Strong who having come to the
conclusion that patching didn't pay concluded
to take himself wife. As Willard is the first
one of our number TO leave the "old ruts'' we
would wish him and his new found treasure
much happiness. hoping that many more will
follow his good example and that the good
begun work may continue, until many more
OF the boys find themselves loving companions
Mr.. and Mrs. Towslee expect to visit friends
in Norton county soon to be gone about three
weeks. The singing at their place on Satur-
day evening was pretty well attended though
a few of the boys for unknown reasons staid
away. The snow made it bad travelling for
the boys that had to walk their fair ones there
Harris Brooks is happy now the well is done
and that means no more hauling water. JO-
siah Brooks who has been absent for some
weeks is expected back next week. He will he
accompanied ny his two sons from Iowa. who
vii, take up their residence in this vicinity.
Rudolph Youcum is again at work on his
well Rudolph is a rustler and if crops are
good this summer We think we will have the
pleasure OF writing something else of him re-
fore another winter
Moses the Prophe, not married vet but is
still on the warpath AMI ready to pop the
question three more times if necessary.
Jacob Starks youngest boy is quite sick,
George Pfrimmeris nursing a frozen foot and
a pet tooth this week
w c. Yocum hoinesteaded his pre-emption
last Eek
The bachelors of North Pole are very
hardy set. Tugy knows how to rough il AMI
can endure any amount of cold weather; bnt
in spite OF their hardy constitutions they seem
to ind the climate o. Prairie Dog Heights far
too cold for them
''Dodd" Pulsifer has quit dancing, goi. to
singing ard IS sraying at home now. we know
OF no other reason than that he must have
froze his feet at the heights.
Mr.. Organ says ne wont bet the cigars on
any more weddings though we think he was
well repaid for his loss, by being permitted to
act as second best
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
No. az Items.

Fine weather since the snow has left US.
George Wade is going to Oberlin soon to get
some corn and tend to some other business.
Quite a crowd at meeting at Georgetown last
Sunday. Mr.. William Wade expects his fam
lily to land here with hin on or about the
18th to help hold the homestead down.
The people in this vicinity are beginning to
farm some.
up going east and decided to go futher west
they have been to Colorado and got tree
claims.
Mr.. Corder thinks he will raise some corn
this year he is going to plant one hundred
acres. he likes fat rabbits. He says lean one
is harder to catch than fat one. For this rea-
son he will raise something for them.
Mr.. Patrick is digging him a well.
Mr. Phillips has gone back after his team and
come other things.
The lyceum ut Georgetown has failed the
last three weeks, account of bad weather. We
think it would be best to disband entirely un-
till next fall.
we learn Mr. s. X. jenkins just finished him
well. he found plenty of water in l6 feet
What caused Mr.. Kinkle and Mr. George
Brown to take such cold. it was by trying tn
press the season by shaving their mustache
on. poor boys they will not press the season
any more. Mr.. mulick is on his way back to
his homestead he started from Missouri the
18th of Feb We learn.
The people in town :. range 81 are petition
ing for township independent, we think
we are capable of carrying on our own
business.
The Sunday school at Georgetown don't require
the Bible or testament. we don't need them,
but we do like a fat pocketbook.
Mr.. Nichols was in our neighborhood a few
DAYS ago buying calves.
Mr.. Campbell had pig to stray on the 10th,
of Feb. he thinks the wolves found it.
MIR. c. Dart thinks the correspondent run
out of something to write when he said he had
gone east. he is with us yet and expects to
stay some time.
Mr.. Doget is with US again ready for the
lyceum, bully for him, we need more able
speakers.
We understand there is spelling school ut
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-03
TERMS OF SALE: TEN YEARS CREDIT.

Oneenh of the purchase money is paid at the time of
SALE At the end of the first part of the principal is
per annum is
paid the deferred principal At the end of the second
year. thereafter of the principal together
with interest the deferred amount the of
per cent per annum.
ExAMPLE.-16O March 1st 1857. at 800 per
acre, s640 The payments would be due follows: